Comments on: Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: The Message http://bavatuesdays.com/grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five-the-message/ a "b" blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mikhail http://bavatuesdays.com/grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five-the-message/comment-page-1/#comment-74827 Mikhail Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:56:53 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=1053#comment-74827 My old boss told a story about a Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five show he saw in the 1980s. Apparently the band was late getting on stage and the crowd was getting a bit restless. After they slowly started filtering on to the stage, a policeman came up and started calling for them to shut the whole show down. The cop and Grandmaster Flash started exchanging words and the cop soon shoved the MC. He did it again and again, and GMF yelled "Don't push me! Don't push me! . . . " [The beat kicks in out of nowhere] "'Cuz I'm close to the edge!" And went into the "Message." The crowd went completely nuts. My old boss told a story about a Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five show he saw in the 1980s. Apparently the band was late getting on stage and the crowd was getting a bit restless. After they slowly started filtering on to the stage, a policeman came up and started calling for them to shut the whole show down. The cop and Grandmaster Flash started exchanging words and the cop soon shoved the MC. He did it again and again, and GMF yelled “Don’t push me! Don’t push me! . . . ” [The beat kicks in out of nowhere] “‘Cuz I’m close to the edge!” And went into the “Message.” The crowd went completely nuts.
]]> By: Sue F. http://bavatuesdays.com/grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five-the-message/comment-page-1/#comment-74790 Sue F. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:57:10 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=1053#comment-74790 Hi Rev, I didn't know you were in LA! I remember the Pete Wilson and Prop 187 days all too well (I was in Calif. as a grad student between '91-'01). Saw the Disposable Heroes with P.E. at the Warfield in San Francisco, about a month before the Rodney King verdict. Talk about historical moments... YouTube is great stuff. As populist pulp, as a visual archive of the Moment for the historian, and as a media frame itself (hello Marshall McLuhan...), it's quite a thing. Hi Rev,

I didn’t know you were in LA! I remember the Pete Wilson and Prop 187 days all too well (I was in Calif. as a grad student between ‘91-’01). Saw the Disposable Heroes with P.E. at the Warfield in San Francisco, about a month before the Rodney King verdict. Talk about historical moments…

YouTube is great stuff. As populist pulp, as a visual archive of the Moment for the historian, and as a media frame itself (hello Marshall McLuhan…), it’s quite a thing.

]]> By: Reverend http://bavatuesdays.com/grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five-the-message/comment-page-1/#comment-74784 Reverend Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:49:22 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=1053#comment-74784 Sue, You are YouTube enfuego --how does it stack up as a recent history engine in your opinion? Thanks for all these great videos, we have to talk some more about hip-hop in the 80s, we obviously have some similar interests ;) That re-mix of California Uber Alles is awesome, I was actually in LA in 1994 when governor commandante [[Pete Wilson]] pushed and passed the infamous [[Proposition 187]], socially disenfranchising the huge illegal immigrant population of California. So, that song brings back some wild memories, but ironically I never heard it before now. And, if I am right, you were out in California around the same time as well, so we may have more stories to swap as well in this regard. I love the blog! Sue,

You are YouTube enfuego –how does it stack up as a recent history engine in your opinion? Thanks for all these great videos, we have to talk some more about hip-hop in the 80s, we obviously have some similar interests ;) That re-mix of California Uber Alles is awesome, I was actually in LA in 1994 when governor commandante Pete Wilson pushed and passed the infamous Proposition 187, socially disenfranchising the huge illegal immigrant population of California. So, that song brings back some wild memories, but ironically I never heard it before now. And, if I am right, you were out in California around the same time as well, so we may have more stories to swap as well in this regard. I love the blog!

]]> By: Sue F. http://bavatuesdays.com/grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five-the-message/comment-page-1/#comment-74762 Sue F. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:19:34 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=1053#comment-74762 And sequel commentaries from the 80s and early 90s... KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions with "Stop the Violence" ('88) http://youtube.com/watch?v=3yo0B3kn1YI The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy building upon the Dead Kennedys with their own version of "California Uber Alles" ('92) http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ut-3hegJnpc And sequel commentaries from the 80s and early 90s…

KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions with “Stop the Violence” (‘88)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3yo0B3kn1YI

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy building upon the Dead Kennedys with their own version of “California Uber Alles” (‘92)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ut-3hegJnpc

]]> By: Nathan Rein http://bavatuesdays.com/grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five-the-message/comment-page-1/#comment-74757 Nathan Rein Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:15:06 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=1053#comment-74757 If you wanna go there, how about the greatest, most surreal 80s rap track ever? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJjjDo5RQnU or this one (which is also a great video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h6pcqC6wrI If you wanna go there, how about the greatest, most surreal 80s rap track ever?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJjjDo5RQnU

or this one (which is also a great video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h6pcqC6wrI

]]> By: Reverend http://bavatuesdays.com/grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five-the-message/comment-page-1/#comment-74756 Reverend Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:51:12 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=1053#comment-74756 Nathan, <em>[[Beat Street]]</em> is a gem, and I and that song on more than 100 occasions. Also, [[Melle Mel]]'s outfit in that video is priceless. Though, for my money, I was always a big fan of the upstart from Hollis, Queens in [[Krush Groove]], none other than the Lady Lover Cool James: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YME3zgj5n7Q Nathan,

Beat Street is a gem, and I and that song on more than 100 occasions. Also, Melle Mel’s outfit in that video is priceless. Though, for my money, I was always a big fan of the upstart from Hollis, Queens in Krush Groove, none other than the Lady Lover Cool James:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YME3zgj5n7Q

]]> By: Nathan Rein http://bavatuesdays.com/grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five-the-message/comment-page-1/#comment-74754 Nathan Rein Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:34:21 +0000 http://bavatuesdays.com/?p=1053#comment-74754 I was on the verge of posting another <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chris_Farley_Show" rel="nofollow">Chris Farley Show</a>-style comment about how cool the lyrics for this song were or whatever, plus a link to yet another classic, but when confronted by the high intellectual seriousness of the comments that followed my previous one, I decided to forego it. Oh what the hell. http://youtube.com/watch?v=rhkOPNRV8Pk I was on the verge of posting another Chris Farley Show-style comment about how cool the lyrics for this song were or whatever, plus a link to yet another classic, but when confronted by the high intellectual seriousness of the comments that followed my previous one, I decided to forego it.

Oh what the hell.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rhkOPNRV8Pk

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